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fruit before storing. There is little difference in the 

 green and the red varieties; but apparently there is 

 considerable difference between the highly colored and 

 poorly colored specimens of the same variety. Most of 

 the trouble appears upon the green or under colored 

 parts of the fruit. 



There is also a difference between the fruit of differ- 

 ent years or seasons. Some years not over 1 or 2% of 

 scald will appear, while in some seasons as high as 20 

 or 25% will be affected by this trouble. This is a trouble 

 that is worthy of more serious consideration on the part 

 of various state experiment stations. 



Shrinkage in Storage. It has been found impossible 

 to prevent fruit from shrinking while in storage. This 

 is not of the greatest importance, still it is necessary to 

 consider it. In a good many retail markets it is the 

 habit of dealers to sell fruit by weight rather than by 



Fig. 93. A CONVENIENT RACK FOR STORING SMALL 

 QUANTITIES OF FRUIT 



